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Alongside her artistic practice, Rachel works as a photographer for cultural institutions, artists and creative organisations. She is always curious to discover new projects, people and places through the lens of a camera.
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Rachel Gruijters (b. 1992, The Netherlands) is a multidisciplinary artist working across photography, film, and drawing. Her practice is project-based and explores the relationship between memory, perception, and emotional experience.
Her earlier work focused on the construction and mediation of memory, often drawing from cinematic language and performative strategies. More recently, her practice has shifted towards a quieter, more introspective approach, in which emotion itself becomes a site of staging.
Through a sensitive and intuitive process, Gruijters creates atmospheric works that unfold in the space between inner and outer worlds. Subtle gestures, light, and material presence play a central role, allowing moments of vulnerability, theatricality, and reflection to emerge.
She lives and works in the Netherlands.
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Education
Master Multimedia Design
KASK / School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
Bachelor Multimedia Design
KASK / School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
Selected Exhibitions
2021: Vanwege Vincent — de geboortestreek als inspiratiebron, Stedelijk Museum Breda, Breda (NL).
2021: When Yellow Gets Blue, Van GoghGalerie, Zundert (NL)
2021: In a Landscape, DASfest, Ghent (BE)
2019: Wonderland, Oosterzele Kunstroute, Oosterzele (BE)
Selected Screenings
2019: MICgénero (MX)
2019: Minikino Film Week 5, Bali (ID)
2019: Elles Tournent Festival, Brussels (BE)
2018: Wunderground Film Festival, Kemzeke (BE)
2017: FOAM Fusion Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
Residencies
2021: Van Gogh AIR, Zundert (NL)
2019: De School van Gaasbeek (BE)
2016: Dusangneuf-Osangsett, Brussels (BE)
2016: Arc Residency, Romainmôtier (CH)
Grants & Awards
2021: Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds*
2021: Amarte*
2017: VAF – Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds
2019: Nomination Programmer’s Choice, Minikino Film Week 5
2015: Nomination stichtingsprijs René Bruynseraede De Witte
* Both returned due to covid
Selected Publications
2021: Witte Rook
2019: Cinergie
2018: Vertigo
2016: The Word Magazine